New research explores the scaling of waste production in urban systems, finding that solid waste increases linearly with population growth, while wastewater and greenhouse gas…
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The only references we have for “life” are the forms we know on Earth. Astrobiologists suspect that the search for alien life, and even for…
Representative image of a branching tree. The diversity of human languages can be likened to branches on a tree. If you’re reading this in English,…
The history of life on Earth has often been likened to a four-billion-year-old torch relay. One flame, lit at the beginning of the chain, continues…
Are we really living in a polarized world? A mathematical model reveals surprises — particularly about people in the middle. When people talk about the…
The Burgess Shale food web is one of eight ancient food webs that were analyzed for similarities. Credit: Jennifer Dunne If you want to understand…
Fits of the data for active cases available on 08 May 2020 for various severely affected countries around the world. Credit: Constantino Tsallis and Ugur…